No one uses Windows??

Aug 28, 2021 49 Comments

When I was hired my company gave me the option of either a Mac or a PC. I’ve always been more comfortable with Windows, so I chose the latter. That seems to make me the outlier because everyone on my team uses a Mac!

Even worse, IDE support and local development tooling only works on Macs! I’ve tried to solicit help from my team’s more senior members, but they don’t seem to care or even try to unblock me.

I’ve spent the last few weeks getting local builds working on Docker for Windows but no one will review my PRs because they say they don’t know enough about it, but it will be needed for me and any new hires that use Windows! For now I’ve just been running everything off of a local branch and just merge it in/unmerge it out before committing changes to the product. This is of course very inefficient and my manager has commented in our 1:1s that I spend too much time on tasks assigned to me. But I wouldn’t have to if they just had better support for Windows in the first place!

Should I just bail, or will my efforts to improve our OS diversity be recognized in the end??

224 PARTICIPANTS SELECT ONLY ONE ANSWER
VOTE VIEW RESULT

comments

Want to comment? LOG IN or SIGN UP
TOP 49 Comments
  • Switching to Mac is the best course of action
    Aug 28, 2021 2
  • New
    Stripe.

    New

    Stripe.
    This Q should have been asked 15 years ago. Wake up 😅
    Aug 28, 2021 0
  • Always work on the tech your team does, unless you have a strong reason and back it up with relevant facts/experience.
    Aug 28, 2021 1
    • Apple / Eng
      HypeOS

      Go to company page Apple Eng

      HypeOS
      This, you will already have a ton to do. Swimming against the current and hitting corner cases bugs left and right cos you are on different env - not worth it in a 1000 years. Esp for Windows - there really is not much to learn on Mac IMO. Just use terminal or whatever.
      Aug 29, 2021
  • PayPal / Eng
    life != tc

    Go to company page PayPal Eng

    life != tc
    There’s no “learning” mac. It’s just a damn os. You can enjoy Linux shell in it. Wth anyone would pick windows for development lol
    Aug 28, 2021 0
  • Microsoft
    🔥 ⛄️ ❄️

    Go to company page Microsoft

    🔥 ⛄️ ❄️
    And here I’m at Msft dying everyday slowly working on windows. I’ve used Mac before. It’s like driving a Porsche and then coming back to a Prius. Try Mac, you’ll never go back.
    Aug 28, 2021 4
    • Google
      wtdiyo

      Go to company page Google

      wtdiyo
      Tried Mac, never go back to Windows.
      Tried Ubuntu, never go back to Mac.
      Aug 28, 2021
    • Apple / Eng
      HypeOS

      Go to company page Apple Eng

      HypeOS
      Obv Linux is the gold standard for dev but Mac gives you more casual options too. Also if we disregard Xcode and one gets brew and is an OG and just works on terminal - there is barely any difference.
      Aug 29, 2021